Positive law and objective values / Andrei Marmor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marmor, Andrei

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal positivism.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Physical Description:

viii, 188 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Using a theory of social conventions and an analysis of law's authoritative nature, this book sets out the scope of law in relation to moral and other critical values. Marmor argues that law is founded on constructive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. He also provides an analysis of the concept of objectivity, arguing that many aspects of the law, and of moral values, are metaphysically objective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-186 and index.

ISBN:

0198268971

OCLC:

46433720